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Antenna tuner/Smith chart question
On Jan 8, 10:21*pm, Owen Duffy wrote:
Did the Smith chart reveal any of that? There are loss scales at the bottom of the Smith chart that allow losses to be included. That's why I mentioned "tuner efficiency" and "considerable feedline losses" in my posting. -- 73, Cecil, w5dxp.com |
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Antenna tuner/Smith chart question
Owen Duffy wrote in
: .... So, if the feed point impedance was 18-j142, and you used 38' of RG58 (for example, I could not find that info), then you would expect to lose 70% of the power out of the ATU as heat. Of course, it is likely that the power out of the ATU is somewhat less than the transmitter output as the ATU load is some 7+j10, relatively low R (but typical ATUs tend to be more efficient on the higher bands). Did the Smith chart reveal any of that? Well, subject to how carefully you plotted the data, you might get a reasonable answer for the line input impedance (as seen by the ATU), but the Smith chart will not directly read the line loss with a mismatched losd. With a lot of care in plotting, you might scale off the values of G at line input and output, and find the ratio Vload/Vin from the chart to calculate the ratio of Pload/Pin and so find the loss under mismatched load. The line loss in this case is just over 5dB, more than 10 times the 0.5dB loss you would observe with a matched load. An exercise for the reader is to use a Smith chart to find the loss under the mismatched load with RG213 where the matched line loss is about 0.31dB. Owen PS: if you had in mind using the handy dandy "Additional loss due to VSWR" graph in the ARRL, the line input VSWR is 7.7, load VSWR is 23.7. If you get the same loss figure are mentioned above, it is by accident of the scenario rather than soundness of the method. |
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Antenna tuner/Smith chart question
On Jan 9, 3:12*pm, Owen Duffy wrote:
Well, subject to how carefully you plotted the data, you might get a reasonable answer for the line input impedance (as seen by the ATU), but the Smith chart will not directly read the line loss with a mismatched losd. Owen, I respect your obvious technical ability and the only time I ever disagree with you is when you go off the deep end and accuse me of saying things that I never said and/or try to pick a fight like you are trying to do on this thread. What in the world do you expect to gain from such antisocial behavior? -- 73, Cecil, w5dxp.com |
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Antenna tuner/Smith chart question
On Jan 9, 6:29*pm, W5DXP wrote:
Owen, I respect your obvious technical ability ... Owen, I apologize for my previous bad mood outburst. -- 73, Cecil, w5dxp.com |
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Antenna tuner/Smith chart question
"Wayne" wrote in
: Many years ago, I might have been able to somehow deduce cable losses from a Smith chart, but nowadays I just use the published curves. An email correspondent suggested the radially scaled "SW LOSS COEFF" gives a direct reading loss under mismatch from the chart. There are assumptions that underly that scale, pre-requisites if you like for it to be accurate. They are explained in Smith's book: "If a waveguide is one or more wavelengths long, the average increase in dissipative loss due to standing waves in a region extending plus or minus one-half wavelength from the point of observation may be expressed as a coefficient or factor of the one-way transmission loss per unit length". So, it does not apply to a feed line of less than a full wave, or any residual of less than a full a wave after working out the additional loss in each of the full wave segments of a line. It is tedious and accurate only for lines of integral full waves length. The potential error applying it to arbitrary line length ranges from insignificant to huge. The graphs in the ARRL suffer the same problem, and IIRC they do not state the assumptions. The Smith chart solution I described in my earlier post works for arbitrary line lengths, and properly reveals the cases where loss under standing waves is less than matched line loss. TLLC (http://www.vk1od.net/calc/tl/tllc.php) also calculates the loss correctly for arbitrary line lengths. Owen |
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Antenna tuner/Smith chart question
"Owen Duffy" wrote in message ... "Wayne" wrote in : Many years ago, I might have been able to somehow deduce cable losses from a Smith chart, but nowadays I just use the published curves. *** The Smith chart solution I described in my earlier post works for arbitrary line lengths, and properly reveals the cases where loss under standing waves is less than matched line loss. TLLC (http://www.vk1od.net/calc/tl/tllc.php) also calculates the loss correctly for arbitrary line lengths. Owen - Great link, Owen. I have it bookmarked and will do some playing around with it. Wayne W5GIE |
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